Connecting people to each other, and to the joy found in local heritage.
Our Projects
The Restoration Trust initiates and runs projects that connect people who live with mental health issues with heritage, including archaeology, ancient landscapes, historic places and archives. Stimulating friendship, curiosity and imagination, these projects help people feel more human again. You can find out more about what that looks and sounds like by clicking the button below.
Our Vision
Our vision is to change how people living with mental health challenges are treated, by means of therapeutic and creative interaction with heritage. We call this culture therapy, and we want it to become everyday good practice in heritage and mental health provision.
Our Products
Immersing ourselves in creativity and heritage has well-evidenced health benefits. Heritage assets are a resource for social prescribing, helping health services to refocus early intervention and prevention away from instiutions and into communities. We can help you use your heritage asset for mental health, so click the button below to find out more!
Our Blog
Research project for improving mental health in Norfolk & Suffolk
The University of East Anglia, in collaboration with Kings College London, are aiming to identify and address the mental health gaps across Norfolk and Suffolk’s rural and coastal regions. They are conducting research that focuses on…